First off the original article is so inconsistent as to be laughable. First it is Marines then the Army. Second there is no reliable evidence or report that Saddam was even shown the movie, much less repeatedly. The original article certainly doesn't offer any and the only indication is Trey saying he was told they did it. But /.ers will still throw a hissy fit about something that probably didn't happen in the first place and if it did is so secondary and trivial compared to all that did happen that it makes me want to puke.

As I read it no not "a couple minutes with common construction equipment". No common construction equipment can dig through 25-30 feet of compacted soil in a few minutes, not to mention breach the containment vessel. Maybe a day. But part of the plan, as strange as it seems, is to locate these in populated areas. That way the local population forms a type of security system. If I see guys digging around my local nuke site you can bet I am going to check up on it!

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